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Horology
Protagonist George Crosby's love for repairing clocks is a prominent theme in
Tinkers, which includes references to a fictional 1783 book called The
Reasonable Horologist.

Horology encompasses both the science of measuring time and the art of
making time pieces. Thus, horologists include watchmakers, clockmakers,
scholars, scientists and hobbyists. Humans have long been concerned with
recording the passage of time - from Stonehenge
to
calendar stones to sundials and atomic clocks*, civilizations have sought
the most precise way to record time. Today, we can pull up the
official United States time
with just a few keystrokes!

There are numerous museums and libraries around the world devoted to horology
and time-keeping instruments. One such is the
National Watch
and Clock Museum in Columbia, Pennsylvania which features regular exhibits,
a library of horology materials and is home to the National Association of Watch
and Clock ...

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